Debuting at #24 on the world in the Top500 list of best supercomputers, the HPC is constructed based on the technology developed for the ‘K’ computer in Japan, which was until recently the world’s fastest computer.

NCI’s advanced computing infrastructure is funded through programs of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education, while its operations are sustained through the substantial co-investment by a number of partner organisations including ANU, CSIRO, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Geoscience Australia, a number of Australia’s research-intensive universities, and the Australian Research Council.

Fujitsu is the world’s third largest IT Services Company, and has over 40 years of history in developing Supercomputing technology.

Big deal, it didn’t show the construction of the floor, the running of all the 3 phase power supply cabling, the 48volt DC supply cabling, the backup UPS systems, the myriad of data cables and fiber that actually take all the information to and from the “super computer” that actually make it perform any purpose whatsoever, or the air conditioning system that keeps all this equipment running at operating temperature “roughly 23 degrees??”.
This is like watching a TV show where they rebuild a 350 Chev engine and leave it on an engine stand.
Boring!!!!

interesting that the article doesn’t mention what the computer is going to be used for.

I think it is pretty clear that it will be used for research. Just read the second last paragraph of the OP again.

Pearlypops said :

So the ANU have bought a supercomputer from the third largest IT services company? I would have thought that one would purchase a supercomputer from “*the* supercomputing company”.

And who is “the” supercomputing company? IBM? Might I remind you that Fujitsu had the world’s largest supercomputer in the top 500 list from June 2011 to June 2012. They also have some of the most efficient computers on the list.

interesting that the article doesn’t mention what the computer is going to be used for.

I think it is pretty clear that it will be used for research. Just read the second last paragraph of the OP again.

Pearlypops said :

So the ANU have bought a supercomputer from the third largest IT services company? I would have thought that one would purchase a supercomputer from “*the* supercomputing company”.

And who is “the” supercomputing company? IBM? Might I remind you that Fujitsu had the world’s largest supercomputer in the top 500 list from June 2011 to June 2012. They also have some of the most efficient computers on the list.